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Who Owns Haiti's Future? Who Owns Haiti's Future?
It has been three years since a devastating earthquake stopped clocks in Haiti at 4:53 PM. It seemed that Haiti was also stopped dead in her tracks, and for those who... (photo: UN / Logan Abassi) Huffington Post
Future   Haiti   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Haiti
Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles speaks at a news conference at his office in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Venezuela's Henrique Capriles issues ultimatum over vote audit
Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has threatened to take action over disputed votes he claims were "stolen" by Nicolas Maduro's government.... (photo: AP / Fernando Llano) BBC News
Elections   Photos   Politics   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Elections in Venezuela
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a visit to a housing complex at Catia la Mar, Venezuela, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Chavez says Venezuelan security forces have arrested a U.S. citizen and suspect he is a mercenary who could be involved in an alleged plot to destabilize the country if the opposition's candidate loses the upcoming presidential election. The United States shows its contempt for Venezuelan democracy
While most of the news on Venezuela in the week since the 14 April presidential election focused on the efforts of losing candidate Henrique Capriles to challenge the... (photo: AP / Miraflores Press Office) Axis of Logic
Democracy   Photos   States   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Elections in Venezuela
CORRECTS DAY Paraguay's Colorado Party's Presidential candidate Horacio Cartes gives a press conference in Paraguay, Monday, April 22, 2013. Millionaire president-elect 'to put Paraguay first'
Paraguay's President-elect Horacio Cartes, a wealthy businessman, has said he would "never put personal interests before the country's". Mr Cartes,... (photo: AP / Jorge Saenz) BBC News
Elections   Paraguay   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Horacio Cartes
Malus prunifolia 'fastigiata', Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Reclaiming water: A solution to one of Jamaica's problems
PILES of dishes left undone, toilets needing to be flushed, stale laundry in overflowing baskets, parched crops in the field are just a few of the signs of a chronic... (photo: Public Domain / Daderot) Jamaica Observer
Crops   Jamaica   Problems   Water   Photos   Wikipedia: Jamaica
Samsung  is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company Samsung unveils digital inverter
Keisha Hill, Gleaner Writer With the high costs now associated with the use of electricity, consumers will now be happy to know that Samsung Electronics has unveiled in... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Gleaner
Consumers   Electricity   Jamaica   Photos   Wikipedia: Samsung
Colorado Party's presidential candidate Horacio Cartes, waves to supporters after presidential election results were made official in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, April 21, 2013. Horacio Cartes wins Paraguay presidential election
Businessman Horacio Cartes has been elected president in Paraguay. The result of Sunday's poll restores the Colorado Party to power after its defeat by the left-wing... (photo: AP / Jorge Saenz) BBC News
Election   Paraguay   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Horacio Cartes
Paraguay's former President Fernando Lugo addresses the nation after the Senate voted to remove him from office in an impeachment trial at the presidential palace in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, June 22, 2012. Paraguay holds key presidential election
Voters in Paraguay go to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election seen as key to restoring the country's democratic credentials. Horacio Cartes, of the... (photo: AP / Jorge Saenz) BBC News
Elections   Paraguay   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Paraguayan general election, 2013
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) president Jack Warner speaks during a news conference Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, in Miami. Soccer's North and Central American and Caribbean governing body is launching its own Champions League to mirror Europe's. The 24-team competition will start in August and will replace the CONCACAF Champions Cup, which has determined the region's champion since 1962 and will end after 2008. Trinidad opposition seeks Jack Warner resignation
Comment () Tweet PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The leader of Trinidad's main opposition party is seeking the resignation of former world soccer vice president Jack... (photo: AP / Wilfredo Lee) US News
Business   Photos   Politics   Resignation   Wikipedia: Jack Warner (football executive)
FIFA Vice president and CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) President Jack Warner from Trinidad listens to a question during a conference at the Global Sports Forum in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Former Fifa vice president Jack Warner's football legacy goes on
Jack Warner's association with football officially came to an end when he resigned from Fifa, football's world governing body, in June 2011. But after spending... (photo: AP / David Ramos) BBC News
Fifa   Football   Photos   Wikipedia: Jack Warner   World Cup
Protesters chants slogans and wave Argentine flags after crossing the perimeter outside Congress as they demonstrate against the government of President Cristina Fernandez in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 18, 2013. Argentines hold mass rallies against government
Tens of thousands of people in Argentina are taking part in protests against the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Huge crowds marched through the... (photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano) BBC News
Argentina   Corruption   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Guatemala's former dictator General Efrain Rios Montt sits in the courtroom as the judge orders the suspension of the trail against him and fellow General Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, on charges of genocide in Guatemala City, Thursday, April 18, 2013. Guatemala judge suspends trial of former military ruler
A judge in Guatemala has suspended the trial of former military ruler Efrain Rios Montt. He was being tried for a counter-insurgency plan that killed more than 1,700... (photo: AP / Luis Soto) BBC News
Crimes   Guatemala   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Efraín Ríos Montt
Putting the Last Child First Putting the Last Child First
At the turn of the millennium, the world came together to promise that by 2015, every child would complete a full course of primary schooling. Tomorrow, in support of the... (photo: UN / Logan Abassi) Huffington Post
HAiti   Photos   Schooling   UN   Wikipedia: Haiti
Beaches of Jamaica IMF cuts growth forecast for Jamaica
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered its 2013 growth forecast for Jamaica, with the country now projected to grow by .5 per cent, down from the one per cent... (photo: Creative Commons) Jamaica Observer
Forecast   Growth   Jamaica   Monetary   Photos   Wikipedia: Jamaica
Dacian Gold Bracelet at the National Museum of Romanian History 2011 - 6. The culture of Romania is a unique culture, which is the product of its geography and its distinct historical evolution. Romanians, Gold stocks smashed again
AAP Shares in Australia's gold miners are being punished for a second consecutive day after the price of the precious metal was smashed overnight. The price of gold... (photo: Creative Commons) Canberra Times
Economy   Market   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Gold
A roman snail (Helix pomatia). Slovenia. Giant African Land Snails Invading Miami: 117,000 Caught So Far (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
This undated photo provided by Scott Burton shows a Giant African Land Snail. In an aggressive effort to keep an invasive snail species from making a permanent home in... (photo: Creative Commons / Pinky sl) Huffington Post
Florida   Photos   Snails   US   Wikipedia: Giant African land snail
JUNEAU, AK--(July 28)--The 174-foot cruise ship Spirit of '98, owned by alaska Sightseeing tours, remains aground in Tracy Arm following a 9 (109864) ( SHIP DISASTER (FOR RELEASE) ) St Lucia: Cruise Ship Tourists Robbed By Gunmen
15 April 2013, 10:26 St Lucia: Cruise Ship Tourists Robbed By Gunmen Tweet Some 50 passengers from a cruise ship have been robbed by masked gunmen on a tour bus on the... (photo: US Coastguard) Orange News
Cruise   Passengers   Photos   Ship   Tourism   Wikipedia: Cruise ship
Havana restores legendary 20th century bar, Sloppy Joe's Havana restores legendary 20th century bar, Sloppy Joe's
Tweet Havana, April 15 (IANS/EFE) Sloppy Joe's, one of the legendary Havana bars of the 20th century for its bohemian clientele, its long bar and famous customers like... (photo: Creative Commons / Marc Averette) Newstrack India
Entertainment   Havana   Photos   USA   Wikipedia: Sloppy Joe's Bar, Havana
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Marco Rubio says Jay-Z should "get informed" after trip to Cuba
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) appeared on This Week (as well as Meet the Press and Face the Nation on the other two networks), where he had some choice words for Jay-Z... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore) The Examiner
Havana   Photos   Politics   Singer   Wikipedia: Marco Rubio
A giant turtle dips in the shallow part of the pond in an open aqua zoo in Negros Oriental, Philippines. New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
Puerto Rico has introduced a new law protecting a swathe of the island's coast that has become a major nesting site for the world's largest turtle, the... (photo: WN / RTayco) BBC News
Activists   Animals   Green   Island   Photos   Wikipedia: Puerto Rico
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